I posted an article last night entitled, Godless Humanoid Robots. If you haven't read it, I recommend you do so. Hell, I don't sit here at 4:00 in the morning, banging out this drivel, for my health! (in all reality, yes, I do it for my health, as much as for the hope it may he of interest to my readers).
The article I base the post on brought up interesting questions, I added a few more to ponder. Godless or not, whether we like it or not, all controversy set aside, robots will soon be a part of our lives. Where do you stand on it? What will you teach your children? Will they be slaves to do our bidding? Will we name them? Will you let your children and grandchildren tease and abuse them as we revisit slavery in America and throughout the "civilized" world?
I leave you with a final thought to ponder for this Sunday. Don't forget about the ghost in the machine. What if one of them makes an un-programmed moral decision, to save your life? Now how will you treat them?
"Hateful day when I received life!' I exclaimed in agony. 'Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust? God, in pity, made man beautiful and alluring, after his own image, but my form is a filthy type of yours, more horrid even from the very resemblance...once I falsely hoped to meet beings who, pardoning my outward form, would love me for the excellent qualities which I was capable of unfolding...learn from my miseries, and do not seek to increase your own."
The Monster -- Mary Shelley's, Frankenstein
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